Liz Peace CBE
Biography
Liz Peace CBE is the Independent Chair of Nuclear Waste Services (NWS).
Liz’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. She spent her early career in the Ministry of Defence working in a range of roles including nuclear weapon accident planning and the political aspects of land management and planning eventually becoming a key player in the creation of QinetiQ plc in 2001 where for a period she was also the director responsible of health, safety and security. She then moved into the private sector, becoming Chief Executive of the British Property Federation where she played a significant role in the creation of the UK’s Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) structure and also made a major contribution to planning reform. She was awarded a CBE in 2008 for services to the property industry.
Liz now has a non-executive portfolio career primarily focussed on public sector and real estate including NED roles at Howard de Walden Estates, Greencore Homes and AEW UK REIT. She has been Chair of the Government Property Agency and of GLA’s Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation.
She is currently Chair of the University of Cambridge Property Board and Senior Independent Governor of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. She is also Chair of the Churches Conservation Trust, a secular organisation looking after 358 redundant Church of England churches. She was a founder member and then subsequently Chair of Real Estate Balance, a campaigning organisation working to improve diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry.
Previous roles in government
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Chair, Government Property Agency